Contents18Creating a playlistYou can use Music Sommelier (Mood Analyzer) to create a playlistWhen you use SD-Jukebox to record tracks on your PC, Music Sommelier(Mood Analyzer) automatically forms an impression of the track. Theimpressions can be used as the basis for creating a playlist. You cancreate groups of tracks for playlists that tend to give a certain impressionby selecting the impression instead of selecting the tracks individually.You can also create random track groups by simply selecting patterns fortrack progression.Music Sommelier forms impressions about tracks based on their tempo,beat, and other characteristics. The impression results are displayed in theimpression map organized by two axes. The activity axis ranges from quietto active, and the emotive axis ranges from mechanical to human. Theimpression map shows various tracks as dots, and the positions of thedots indicate the track impression.The emotive axisMechanical HumanActiveTheactivity axisQuiet• People form various impressions of tracks. It is conceivable that Music Sommeliertrack selections will not necessarily suit your tastes.• It is possible to apply Music Sommelier to audio data besides tracks, for example,to speech recordings. However, they might be registered beyond the range of theimpression map, which would prevent display.• Static and other recording elements can influence the impression formed by MusicSommelier. Thus, if the same track is recorded twice, it may be shown in differentpositions on the impression map.NOTE